Don't see the point in having an age protected division at Birch....and why masters but not advanced. What if a guy does not want to play open, but is not 40, and would be bagging in intermediate. Just a hypothetical _ there are probably quite a few of these guys around Birch.

Hope thos doesn't classify me as a whiner. If I came I would of course play open, but you have to consider everyone. Masters at Birch.....really

Lazerface wrote:Don't see the point in having an age protected division at Birch....and why masters but not advanced. What if a guy does not want to play open, but is not 40, and would be bagging in intermediate. Just a hypothetical _ there are probably quite a few of these guys around Birch.

Hope thos doesn't classify me as a whiner. If I came I would of course play open, but you have to consider everyone. Masters at Birch.....really

While I personally agree with you to some extent, let me try to explain why Masters is offered. There are quite a few guys who have been playing at White Birch for many years, who simply have turned Masters age & older (hell some of these guys would like to have a Grandmasters division too), & they've been asking for a Masters division in any & all White Birch events... tournaments, leagues, etc. It's a simple case of enough people asking for it, so there it is.........

I'm not sure why but, I guess they want to keep the available divisions down to four, so Advanced has been dropped. In this case, if someone doesn't feel ready to step up & play against the top guys in Open, & isn't old enough to play Masters either, then they should play Intermediate & not worry about (or hear it from anyone else) about bagging. This isn't a PDGA event........so is it really that big a deal?? Let's not forget that the most important thing here is that the Ice Bowls are all about raising funds & canned goods for a very good cause.......